'''Basic Trope''': A character is missing one or both parents.* '''Straight''': Bob either has no idea what happened to his parents - or they're dead.* '''Exaggerated''': Bob has no idea where any family whatsoever lives, and is entirely on his own.* '''Downplayed''': ** [[DisappearedDad Only one of Bob's]] [[MissingMom parents is missing.]]** Or, both of Bob's parents are still alive and well. They're just absent from home alot.* '''Justified''': ** Bob has grown up in a war zone - parents abandoning children and dying would be a common sight there.** Bob is really a RidiculouslyHumanRobot and such a personality would need for Bob to remember some parental unit.* '''Inverted''': ** Bob's parents are the clingiest people you can imagine - they won't let Bob go anywhere.** Bob abandons his parents.* '''Subverted''': Bob's parents show up halfway through the story.* '''Double Subverted''': Those were just impostors. Bob's parents are dead.* '''Parodied''': Bob, now a grown man, walks around every few seconds going "Mommy! Daddy!" before remembering that he's an adult now.* '''Zig Zagged''': Bob's parents show up halfway through the story, but those were just impostors. But they ''do'' know where Bob's real parents are...* '''Averted''': Bob's parents are still around.* '''Enforced''': "There's no way Bob's parents would let him on an adventure like this!" "So we'll rewrite the character a bit. Make him an orphan. Problem solved, and two fewer actors to hire."* '''Lampshaded''': "Yeah, ever since I was a young boy, I've never known where my parents are."* '''Invoked''': Emperor Evulz decides to kill Bob's parents in order to dishearten him.* '''Exploited''': ???* '''Defied''': The first thing Bob sets out to do is find his parents.* '''Discussed''': "He kept asking me if I'd seen his parents. What is he, a lost child?"* '''Conversed''': "Missing parents? Oldest one in the book!"* '''Implied''': Bob's parents are never seen or mentioned in the course of the show, despite him being young enough to likely have to rely on some guardian.* '''Deconstructed''': Bob grows up without the love and affection that comes from a parent. This ultimately warps him and defines every relationship he has, as since he can't trust his parents, he has trouble trusting ''anybody''.* '''Reconstructed''': Bob may have grown up without the love of a parent, but it goes a long way in defining the man he ultimately becomes.----Mom? Dad? Where are you? Maybe I'll find them back at ParentalAbandonment.----%% Optional items, added after Conversed, at your discretion:%%%%* '''Plotted A Good Waste''': ???%%* '''Played For Laughs''': ???%%* '''Played For Drama''': ???